| Literature DB >> 9188038 |
W P Li1, W Y Chan, H W Lai, D T Yew.
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This study investigated terminal dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells in the frontal, occipital, and hippocampal cortices of seven normal aging and four Alzheimer's patients. Significant increase in TUNEL-positive cells was observed in the frontal and hippocampal cortices of Alzheimer's patients when compared with controls. In the hippocampal cortex, only area CA4 demonstrated a significant increase of TUNEL-positive cells. Double staining of TUNEL-positive cells for glial fibrillary acidic protein revealed that < 13% of the TUNEL-positive nuclei belonged to astrocytes. The results of this study illustrated a differential pattern of cortical degeneration between normal aging and Alzheimer patients.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9188038 DOI: 10.1007/BF02736774
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Neurosci ISSN: 0895-8696 Impact factor: 3.444